Amazing HS State Meet Results Thread - 2023 Edition

What? What are you talking about? I was saying that aside from obea moore, no one else on the guys side really had that sort of range.

Tayvon ran for the REAL Training club during indoor, last year they had a big presence at Nike Outdoor Nationals so you might see him there, he followed them to Arcadia this spring. Milesplit says he’s committed to Kansas State, so that’s where you can follow his career next year.

Sorry, this arose from the original post:

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Didn't Obea Moore have that kind of range? I mean, to try all 4 in one meet is pretty legendary, no doubt. But range-wise, I think there may be some others who have been national class from 100 to 800.

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There is only one real question, so I thought the "not really" response was related to that. But I can see that it can also have been related to the conjecture in the second part, so no worries.

But if that is the reference, as I also pointed out, Xai Ricks this year isn't that far off. As another poster noted in another thread:

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At states, he ran the 4x100 (3rd leg, team placed 4th), 400 (2nd), 4x800 (1:49.5 anchor leg, 51.9 first lap), and the 4x400 about 30 mins later (46.94 FAT anchor leg).

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So he scored points on a California 4th place all divisions 4x100 and ran the fastest 800m time of the day (on a relay), along with a 46.05 and 46.94 400m all in one day. That isn't quite Obea Moore level, but to me that is showing similar range. At the end of NEXT year, we may say Moore was better in the 100m, slightly better in the 200 and 400m, but I think Ricks could end up significantly better in the 800m (top 3 all time). If that turns out to be the case, you will have people next year arguing which is the better set of marks. Again, I am not arguing it is equal/better, but it falls under my definition of "similar range". Others may have a different definition, and that's fine. There are no cash prizes for opinions on this message board, otherwise Jamin would be a multi-millionaire.

Well, maybe not. But he might earn a $5 Starbucks card.

He missed the U.S. all time 800 freshman record by about 1/2 of a second, racing at altitude against a small field of Montana athletes. That time is truly insane. He also doubled to a 4:23 1600.

Gail Devers had that kind of range in HS. She started out as a 800m a runner and only rant that distance a few times as a Soph ... 2.08! She decided she was a sprinter. She was right. But what could have done if keep doing some more 800s?

California CIF results 1984

100m 11.51 1st
100h 13.41 1st
LJ 20-6-1/4 2nd

PRs

100m 10.82 (10.77w)
200m 22.71 (22.55w)
400m 52.66
100h 12.33 (12.29w)
LJ 6.77m (22' 2-1/2")
800m 2:08 (as a HS Soph)

TOP TEN 1500m TIMES @ the OREGON STATE MEET (with 1600m
conversions)

3:47.18 (4:03.92) Carter Cutting – Wilsonville (5A)
3:48.67 (4:05.52) Tyrone Gorze – Crater (5A)
3:49.34 (4:06.24) Will Heslam – Roosevelt (6A)
3:50.37 (4:07.35 ) Wes Shipsey – Central Catholic (6A)
3:52.17 (4:09.28) Kai Mitchell Reiss – Ida B. Wells (6A)
3:52.49 (4:09.62) Logan Law – Milwaukie (5A)
3:52.81 (4:09.97) Asher Danielson – Ida B. Wells (6A)
3:53.87 (4:11.11) Aaron Lakeman – Tualatin (6A)
3:54.11 (4:11.36) Noah Laughlin-Hall (5A)
3:54.23 (4:11.49) Josh Augustine – Jesuit (6A)

At the bell the 5A race was 2:51.9 for the leaders; the 6A
race was 2:54.5.

Just for fun, here are the top ten times from the CA State

Meet (and, yes, I know that it doesn’t include the Newbury Park guys… and I

know that tactics play a role – but most of these guys ran their best time of

the season [or pretty close] here):

4:08.64 (season’s best)

4:08.82 (4:07.90)

4:08.84 (4:08.48)

4:08.94 (SB)

4:10.12 (SB)

4:10.28 (SB)

4:10.39 (4:10.28)

4:10.55 (SB)

4:13.37 (4:09.97)

4:14.18 (4:12.67)

CA’s population is approximately ten times that of
Oregon.

It was a pretty good year for the distance boys in Oregon.

Maybe it’s just the shoes, but I heard that they have those
same shoes in CA.

Heres some of the more interesting ones i saw at the washington state meet earlier this weekend. Washington certainly isnt the fastest state, but especially as of recent there's been some good marks and times coming out of here. not comprehensive.

Jacob Andrews of Sehome (USC commit) completes the 2A sprint triple crown in 10.56, 21.21, and 46.89. His 4x100 also ran for first. His teammate Zack Munson (NAU commit) completed the distance triple crown in 1:54, 4:13, 9:07. Sehome won the boys 2A state championship, largely thanks to them.

Sophomore Owen Powell of Mercer Island ran 4:07 for the 3A 1600 win, in a loaded field of 17 under 4:20 and 12 under 4:15. You had to better 4:11 just to score, which would've won you the title in any other division.

Trentovay Smith of Yelm jumped 50 foot, 4.5 inches to set a state record and win the 3A title.

The javelin state record was also broken with 219-1 by Roderick Schenk. The previous record was set only last year by Dash Sirmon.

The 110 hurdle state record was broken by Andre Korbmacher who ran 13.74 into a -2.5 wind and took down his own state record after being injured for much of the season.

the girls 300 hurdles state record was broke with a 41.63 from Braelyn Baker at the small school state meet.

The national pole vault record holder Hana Moll jumped 14-7 to win the 3A vault title by more than 2 feet.

Jai-Cieonna Gero-Holt, a sophomore pentathlete, won the 4A 100 hurdles, javelin, and high jump, and placed second in the long jump. She ran 14.45, threw 139'3", jumped 5'10" and 18'11.25".

Junior Brayden Platt of Yelm won the boys shot in 61-10-00, putting him over 5 feet past the competition. His PR is still a 63'. He also got 2nd in the javelin with a 216' toss. This kid also runs an 11.09 100.

Those were some of the impressive results I took note of, I'm sure there's more though.

I love this thread as following HS can be very time consuming. I'm going to make this thread an annual affair so I've added "2023 edition" to the title.

Eli Gilmore of Tonganoxie High School in Kansas displayed some impressive range. He was the first boy in Kansas history to win gold in the 400/800/1600/3200.

Day 1
49.05 400 prelim
9:33.89 3200

Day 2
4:16.29 1600
48.40 400 final
1:53.95 800

The 400 and 1600 were PRs for Eli. His PRs in the 800 and 3200 are 1:53.29 and 9:21.07.

For girls Laura roesler won the 100-800 4 years in a row. Got beat in the 100 her senior year.

The Rhode Island state meet isn't until this weekend, but I'll be curious to see what events Sophia Gorriaran (Moses Brown) ends up completing. At the recent Class Champions, she did the 800-1500-3k triple (dominating easily). Here's the state meet time table if she does that triple again, plus notes on relay scheduled times:

(2pm - 4x800, which she has done in the past)

3:45pm - 1500 seeded

5:10pm - 800

6:05pm - 3k

(6:20pm - 4x400, which she has done in the past)

It's clear that Oregon's boy distance classes for 2023 and last year were incredibly strong compared to the norm. Very few non-seniors on that list suggests the next couple years won't be nearly as deep. This makes me wonder if we are seeing the end of the theorized "COVID bump" (next year, everyone in high school will have been in 8th grade or younger when the Pandemic hit). I can't speak for any other states (maybe California which will lose the Youngs and A. Sahlman) but I'm curios if the same trend is happening anywhere else.

At the Kansas 4A State Meet, Eli Gilmore became the first boy in Kansas HS history to sweep the 400, 800 1600 & 3200. He ran 48.4, 1:53.9, 4:16.3 and 9:33.8. He was the 4A State XC champ and this year, he knocked 56 seconds off his 3200, and 6 seconds off each of the 1600, 800, and 400. Two of his personal bests came this weekend at 4A State.

I don't know many XC state champs who can run 48.4; very impressive kid. He's headed to Pitt St (Kansas) in the Fall. He looks like he could develop into a very strong 8/15 guy.

Montana had a freshman boy run 1:51!

Weston Brown of Bozeman High:

800m: 1:51.82

1600m: 4:10.68

3200m: 9:11.76

Connecticut Class M State Championships - Joushua Mooney tied the 28yr old state record in the 110m Hurdles with a 13.90. Pretty fast time for a state not known for sprinting.

MileSplit video is now up on YouTube. Amazing confidence and execution in one's kick to see this. Leader ran pretty even splits (64, 62, 63, 64), so didn't really die, it is just that 54 sec for a HS runner's last lap is incredible.

Just to be clear, Weston Brown, mentioned from Bozeman in the next post w/ 800/1600/3200 PRs, is a senior. The freshman is Wilson Bridges from Belgrade MT who has also run 1:51.

And there is another whole division with a 3:49 winner as well, the 6A! Oregon had 30 kids under 4:00 in the 1500 this year...

Here are the top-25 in all divisions:

Athlete Mark
Carter Cutting 3:47.18PR
Tyrone Gorze 3:48.67PR
William Heslam 3:49.36PR
Wesley Shipsey 3:50.4
Josiah Tostenson 3:51.31PR
Kai Mitchell-Reiss 3:52.14PR
Logan Law 3:52.49PR
Asher Danielson 3:52.81PR
Joshua Augustine 3:52.83PR
Samy Anderson 3:53.19PR
Jacob Nenow 3:53.85PR
Aaron Lakeman 3:53.9
Noah Laughlin-Hall 3:54.11PR
Gus Clevenger 3:54.43PR
Brady Bliven 3:55.28PR
Inbaa Chennai 3:55.78PR
Jack Meier 3:56.06PR
Oscar Ponteri 3:56.75PR
Kanoa Blake 3:56.98PR
Alexander Garcia-Silver 3:57.47PR
Timothy Johnson 3:57.61PR
Kellen Reed 3:57.79PR
Elliot Hawley 3:57.94PR
Jacob Friesen 3:58.13PR
Cole Fiegener 3:58.22PR